Sparks fly when Allyson, a werewolf-witch hybrid in hiding, is forced to join forces with Aiden Thorne, a dangerous vampire rumored to be as dangerous as he is handsome. A desperate search for her kidnapped father leads them down a shadowy path riddled with cryptic clues and deadly encounters. Rogues with a bloodthirsty agenda and a vengeful witch with a score to settle against Aiden complicate their mission. As they delve deeper, the lines between hunter and hunted blur, forcing an uneasy alliance. Secrets simmer beneath the surface, and a simmering attraction threatens to combust amidst the danger. Can Allyson trust the vampire or will his dark past consume them both? Will they find the answers they seek, or will their quest end in betrayal? Will they kill each other or will they succumb to the desire between them? Unnatural is a heart-pounding tale of forbidden alliances, where hidden desires ignite and sacrifices must be made.
Ally's POV
Running.
I was running through a fog so dense it was hard to see.
It was a trap.
I shouldn't have ever left the pack, but it's too late now. I wanted to prove myself.
Too little, Papa had said.
Maybe next year, my sister had whispered just before she left with the patrols to investigate the deaths happening in the human town farthest from the pack borders but under our jurisdiction.
I shouldn't have followed them.
But I did.
"Keep moving, Ally. Please, we need to get you to safety." Kara yelled as we ran through the forest, her eyes glowing amber, the only indication that it was her wolf that ran beside me in human form.
The vampires who'd attacked the village, rogues by the crazed look in their eyes, had wanted the wolves from my pack to come and find them. They'd come prepared, armed with silver arrows dipped in wolfsbane. The ten man team that had left the pack were dead, save my sister. And me, the stubborn sixteen year old who had followed without permission.
Keep running, Allyson.
"Do not stop" Kara whispered, but it was more than enough for me to spur more energy into my legs.
This was one of the times I wished we were closer to the pack borders. The vampires wouldn't dare follow us into the pack.
"Well,well,well, what do we have here? Two beautiful damsels in distress." A man appeared in front of me and I halted mid run, falling on my back.
Kara was beside me in seconds.
Placing me behind her like a hen protecting her young, Kara glared at the vampire and his friends, two? Three? I couldn't see from behind her. I sniffed in the air around us, hoping to count the number by their scents. Weeks away from the full moon when I was supposed to experience my first change into my werewolf body, my senses were already sharper than most. Another sharp reminder that I wasn't like most werewolves.
My blood ran cold at the same time that Kara snarled. Ten.
We were utterly outnumbered. Even my father, the Alpha wouldn't be able to finish them off without being taken or injured.
They were all armed with silver.
Kara was only nineteen, a werewolf for three years.
"Go away." I whimpered, when one of them took a step closer. Vampire-turned. Relatively weaker and with no extraordinary gifts like the vampire-born; the Purebloods.
"I'm afraid I can't do that, sweetheart. We have questions that we think you can answer."
"Go to hell" She growled, flashing a fang while I shook in horror and gripped my sister's cloth like it was a lifeline.
I was sure my sister would've sent a message to the pack through the mind link. They were going to come. It would take them almost three hours to reach these parts but we just had to hang on. Just had to find a way to escape and hide till reinforcements arrived. We just had to hang on ...
"We won't take no for an answer, darling." Another voice purred. Kara turned and knelt in front of me. I knelt in front of her,my hands in her, tears threatening to escape.
"We just want you to confirm for us if there are any Unnaturals here. Our source says you are hiding one."
The dam of tears I was holding burst.
They'd found out about me. They'd come for me. Just like mama had warned.
'You must not tell anyone what you are, Allyson. Or they will come for you.'
My sister knew what I was. And I was already shaking my head when I saw the look she was giving me.
Her voice was steady, her eyes on me as she spoke words that I would never forgive her for.
"Take me with you. But please let her go. I'm what you are looking for."
The vampires burst into laughter and I was too scared and shocked to even process what was happening, my head shaking vigorously as if I could take back her words.
"Your heartbeat didn't even falter. Either you're telling the truth or you're a damn good liar." I heard impatient growls from behind my sister but she didn't even blink, even though it looked like we were about to be mauled to pieces by demons.
"Fine. But let me say goodbye to my sister." she answered,her voice impassive, save the tears that were trickling down her face.
"Please you can't do this... Please, don't leave me Kara..."
"Shhh. It's okay, sunshine. Remember that song we used to sing when we were much younger..."
There was a soft whine from the large brown wolf with blue eyes crouched beside me, his sadness a well that I found myself feeding from to try to end the numbness that had gripped me as I sang,
"Like the dew from the heavens,
The rain from the sky,
The bond we share will never end.
In your arms, I'll remain..." I couldn't finish because of the harsh breath that escaped my mouth. I rocked my body slowly as I hummed the tune of the only song that my sister loved to sing before we went to bed.
Today made it three years since that dreadful night. The night she'd been taken. I hadn't shed a tear since that night, my heart broken, my soul wounded by guilt.
I felt large arms around me, the brown wolf now very much human and wrapping me in his warm embrace and I murmured into his bare chest, my heart breaking but eyes dry. "I don't know who I am without her, Caleb. I can't go on anymore."
"She loved you, Ally. With all of her heart. She didn't hesitate because she knew you'd do the same for her. She wouldn't want to see you like this. Like vegetable. What am I saying? There's a reason your middle name is broccoli." I punched his chest, braving a slight smile at the mention of his nickname for me. "I hate you." "But I made you smile, didn't I?" "Thank you. For being here."
"Now, get out of the way, let me say hello." He said, shoving me to the side and placing his bouquet of lilies in front of her grave. I scoffed and cleaned my dry eyes with the back of his shirt before handing it to him.
"Come on, let's go,Caleb. I don't want to disturb her."
He rolled his eyes, shoving his hands into the pocket of the jeans he'd worn after turning back to human "Yeah, sure. After disturbing the peace with your horrid singing voice, you're saying I should go without saying hi. You're evil,woman" I glared at him.
Meet Caleb. A total idiot and my best friend.
He gave me a sly grin before turning his attention back to Kara and with all seriousness, made a vow that made a tear escape my eye.
"I'll take good care of her, Kara. I don't know how long it's going to take me, but I won't rest until I see the light return to her eyes, I promise."
I never asked for a new family - especially not him. When my mother married Emilio Sanchez, my quiet life turned into a nightmare. Suddenly, I was sharing a house with Miguel Angel Sanchez - arrogant, reckless, and infuriatingly gorgeous. We clash at every turn, his smug smirk making my blood boil and every word out of his mouth reminding me why I can't stand him. I swore I'd never fall for someone like him. But the more I try to avoid him, the harder he is to escape. Hating him should be easy. Crossing the fine line between us could ruin everything. But no matter how much I try to escape... I'm bound to the one I hate.
In her previous life, Kimberly endured the betrayal of her husband, the cruel machinations of an evil woman, and the endless tyranny of her in-laws. It culminated in the bankruptcy of her family, and ultimately, her death. After being reborn, she resolved to seek retribution against those who had wronged her, and ensure her family's prosperity. To her shock, the most unattainable man from her past suddenly set his sights on her. "You may have overlooked me before, but I shall capture your heart this time around."
She was hurt. She was bullied and made fun of. And the only hope that kept her going was finding her mate. She has always been weak. Weak to the world. Why? Because she was a lantern. She didn't have a wolf. That's what everyone thought about her. When she found her mate, he wanted her to be his slut and not a wife. She might be an omega, but it doesn't mean she will take disloyalty and betrayal lightly. So she did something that no one in history ever did. She rejected an Alpha. "I, Alexis Clark, reject Brandon Sterling, the alpha of Black mist pack, and consider myself a free soul until I decide so."; Were her last words before she left that torturous place and became a rogue. A rogue that everyone was fearing and finding. Why? Because she was the rogue that has become one of the biggest problems of almost all the packs in the country. She was Alexis Clark. A rogue that rejected an Alpha, stealth food, kill other rogues, and more than that was living with humans and studying with them. What will happen when her case is given to the world's most dangerous alpha, Sebastian Sinclair, who has taken it upon himself to punish this rogue. The one who hated rogues and omega to a level that was beyond understanding. Why? Because his mate was an omega, who betrayed him with a rogue before dying. How will Alexis tackle this alpha, in whose College she was studying and living under hiding for almost a year? What will Sebastian do when he finds out the new girl he had been talking to is none other than the rogue omega that he had decided to kill? "To love you with all my might was my only wish, but you were the only one who gave me endless suffering. So today, I promise myself to not fall for anyone."; A simple saying that both Alexis and Sebastian had vowed upon. Will they be able to find their love amidst all these problems?
“You need a bride, I need a groom. Why don’t we get married?” Both abandoned at the altar, Elyse decided to tie the knot with the disabled stranger from the venue next door. Pitying his state, she vowed to spoil him once they were married. Little did she know that he was actually a powerful tycoon. Jayden thought Elyse only married him for his money, and planned to divorce her when she was no longer of use to him. But after becoming her husband, he was faced with a new dilemma. “She keeps asking for a divorce, but I don’t want that! What should I do?”
"Lucien, let's get a divorce," I said in a peremptory tone that was long overdue, the most decisive farewell to this absurd marriage. We had been married for exactly three years-three years that, for me, were filled with nothing but endless loneliness and torment. For three years, the husband who should have stood by my side through every storm, Lucien Sullivan, had completely disappeared from my life as if he had never existed. He vanished without a trace, leaving me alone to endure this empty, desolate marriage. Today, I finally received his message: "I'm back. Come pick me up at the airport." When I read his words, my heart leapt with joy, and I raced to the airport, thinking that he finally understood my love and was coming back to me. But his cruelty was far worse than I could have ever imagined-he was accompanied by a pregnant woman, and that woman was Carla, my closest and most trusted friend. In that moment, all of my previous excitement, all my hope, and all of our shared laughter and tears turned into the sharpest of daggers, stabbing into my heart and leaving me gasping for air. Now, all I want is to escape from this place that has left me so broken-to lick my wounds in solitude. Even if these wounds will remain with me for the rest of my life, I refuse to have anything to do with him ever again. He should know that it was his own hand that trampled our love underfoot, that his coldness and betrayal created this irreparable situation. But when he heard those words, he desperately clung to this broken, crumbling marriage, unwilling to let it end-almost as though doing so could rewind time and return everything to how it used to be. "Aurora, come back. I regret everything!" Regret? Those simple words stirred no emotion in me-only endless sadness and fury. My heart let out a frantic, desperate scream: It's too late for any of this!
"There will be no falling in love, we will only act as a loving couple when we are in public, we will share a room to make it believable, but no intimacy, touching is off-limits. We'll only have sex once a month, and that's solely to produce an heir. You won't interfere in my business, and I won't interfere in yours. You will be my wife in every sense and you will not be involved with any other man," he said, arrogance seeping from every word. I watch his mouth move, I'm not ready to fall in love with any man, especially not one as arrogant and egoistic as him. I can handle acting as a loving couple, and as for intimacy once a month. I can agree to that just to satisfy my sexual cravings with no strings attached. "Where can I sign?" I asked since I had nothing to lose. *** Nadine's wedding dreams turned to nightmares when she caught her sister and fiancé cheating! With a secret recording, she's ready for revenge. But then mysterious billionaire Logan West offers a deal: A Contract Marriage to take down her ex's empire. But what Nadine doesn't know is her life is getting complicated as she takes her chance to get revenge or risks everything for a chance at love?"
Chandler Su who had cheated by her boyfriend then got drunk at a bar. To take revenge, she grabbed a man randomly and took him to the room. After a crazy night, Chandler found the strange man was a super handsome guy the next morning. Shy and shocked Chandler run away after leaving 150 RMB and scorning the man of his poor bed skills. However, she never thought the story would become so dramatic as the next day, she found out that the new coming president of her company was exactly the man she slept the last night! Worse than that, this new boss seemed very narrow-minded as he asked Chandler to come to his office on the first day.